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Paolo’s point and click adventure with Justin from space 07 September 2017
Last month ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli operated a rover in Germany from the International Space Station. Part of ESA’s METERON project, the experiment with German Aerospace Center DLR’s robot, nicknamed Rollin’ Justin, is about developing ways to allo...

Last Galileo leaves ESA’s Test Centre04 September 2017
The last of 22 Galileo satellites has departed ESA’s Test Centre in the Netherlands – concluding the single longest and largest scale test campaign in the establishment’s history.

ESA’s Proba-3 will create artificial solar eclipses 17 August 2017
Astrophysicists are joining sightseers in watching Monday’s total solar eclipse across North America but, in the decade to come, they will be viewing eclipses that last for hours instead of a few minutes – thanks to a pioneering ESA space mission.